The Little Orphan (1949)
- Directed by
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Genre
- comedy film, adventure film, family film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 64 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Tom and Jerry's antics involve a hungry little mouse named Nibbles. Nibbles gets into trouble and the cat and mouse chase each other around the house.
fast-pacedslapstickplayfulchaoticlight-heartedwhimsicalenergeticanxious
What happens
The Little Orphan is a 1949 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 40th Tom and Jerry cartoon, released in theaters on April 30, 1949 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge and Ray Patterson. The short features Nibbles, a young mouse who is insatiably hungry. The Little Orphan won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, the fifth Oscar (of seven) given to Tom and Jerry. Though the cartoon was released in 1949, it won its Oscar the previous year, tying them with Disney's Silly Symphonies with the record of the most Oscars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Million Dollar Cat (1944)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.